Trying to perform a single boolean NOT operation, it appears that under MS SQL Server 2005, the following block does not work DECLARE @MyBoolean bit; SET @MyBoolean = 0; SET @MyBoolean = NOT @MyBo...

I am having an expression, suppose, a = 1 && (b = 1 || b != 0 ) && (c >= 35 || d != 5) && (c >= 38 || d = 6) I expect it to be reduced to, a = 1 && b != 0 ...

I'm working on an application, I need to be able to combine two overlapping arbitrary shapes as drawn by the user. This would be a Union operation on the two shapes. The resultant shape would be th...

Say I have a large array of M 32 bit ints in which each value has no more than N bits set. Now I want to return the subset which matches the query Target AND Value == Target, i.e. values in which t...

I like to write enum or integer to pass option to my methods. Is there a pattern or a method in C# to check if an (int 1,2,4,8,...) option is true or false. I think it should easily be possible via...

What is a optimal way to replace the Least Significant Bit of a byte, with a provided bit? I know how to do checking and comparing last bit (using for example posix ffs() function), but I want to ...

I'm pretty sure this is a simple fundamental flaw in my newb PHP knowledge, but I was surprised when the following happened: $result is TRUE... so why is it considered equal to the string "email...

I have some code I have in the Arduino environment that requires x (in increments of 8) boolean values that are manipulatable during run time for some shift register code. So currently I am using a...

I got frustated with my other question. So i wrote up this example. In C the below is true. See demo int main() { printf("%d", 1 && 2); return 0; } Output: 1 In C#. It is FALSE. WHY ...

I am attempting to learn more about this to implement in my project. I currently have got this basically: unsigned char flags = 0; //8 bits flags |= 0x2; //apply random flag if(flags & 0x2)...

Possible Duplicate: Why do most programming languages only have binary equality comparison operators? I have had a simple question for a fairly long time--since I started learning pro...

Often in PHP, I see: $result = mysql_query($query) or die(); Coming from python, I know why this should work, because or returns the first value if it is true in a boolean context, and the secon...

Newbie question. How to calculate the value of the formula A f B, where f - the binary function OR or AND?

Can I convert a string representing a boolean value (e.g., 'true', 'false') into an intrinsic type in JavaScript? I have a hidden form in HTML that is updated based on a user's selection within a l...